Belly of the 747, Speyer, 20170617
At the Speyer Technik Museum, they have a Lufthansa 747 on display. A bespoke structure was created on which it is brought to rest.
This is the deck at a height of about 15m where you can inspect it's belly. You have to take the spiral stairs up, on your left, to go into the Jumbo Jet. Near the spiral stairs you can see the entrance of the slide going down.
As you can see, the aircraft is a bit tilted. Horizontal and vertical. I think they've done that so that the crowds will not stay long enough (uncomfortable) and the crowd flow through the aircraft is better. Tilting horizontal is done so that you, if you loose your balance, don't fall down from the front till the back of the aircraft. If you loose balance, you will go into the sidewall. Just guessing here.
A 747 is not that high above ground from cabin level. I can remember, when I was working at Schiphol, that a collegue lowered himself from the cabin level door opening of a 737 and landed on the ground safely. I guess a 747 is a bit higher but I think it's doable.
Belly of the 747, Speyer, 20170617
At the Speyer Technik Museum, they have a Lufthansa 747 on display. A bespoke structure was created on which it is brought to rest.
This is the deck at a height of about 15m where you can inspect it's belly. You have to take the spiral stairs up, on your left, to go into the Jumbo Jet. Near the spiral stairs you can see the entrance of the slide going down.
As you can see, the aircraft is a bit tilted. Horizontal and vertical. I think they've done that so that the crowds will not stay long enough (uncomfortable) and the crowd flow through the aircraft is better. Tilting horizontal is done so that you, if you loose your balance, don't fall down from the front till the back of the aircraft. If you loose balance, you will go into the sidewall. Just guessing here.
A 747 is not that high above ground from cabin level. I can remember, when I was working at Schiphol, that a collegue lowered himself from the cabin level door opening of a 737 and landed on the ground safely. I guess a 747 is a bit higher but I think it's doable.